@article{ART002059244},
author={Kim Sowon},
title={A Question of “Girl” in the Modern Japan - The Transformation of “Girl” Image Seeing through Girl’s Magazine: How the Comics Represented “Girl”},
journal={Journal of Popular Narrative},
issn={1738-3188},
year={2015},
volume={21},
number={3},
pages={323-345},
doi={10.18856/jpn.2015.21.3.009}
TY - JOUR
AU - Kim Sowon
TI - A Question of “Girl” in the Modern Japan - The Transformation of “Girl” Image Seeing through Girl’s Magazine: How the Comics Represented “Girl”
JO - Journal of Popular Narrative
PY - 2015
VL - 21
IS - 3
PB - The Association of Popular Narrative
SP - 323
EP - 345
SN - 1738-3188
AB - Nakagawa Hiromi’s work The Transformation of “Girl” Image Seeing through Girl‘s Magazine: How the Comics Represented “Girl” is a discourse on a concept, “girl” which was formed since modern times. An image of “girl” has been transformed by several media of Japan. Furthermore, this image of “girl” symbolizes part of Japanese culture. Until now various studies of “girl” have been progressed and that is what a discourse of “girl” image is an important reason.
A history of “girl” started from “female student” which was derived from an operation of public education. In addition, “girl” has a very special image which was created by “girl’s magazine.” Nakagawa Hiromi analyzes and criticizes synthetically discourses on “girl” which was explained by several scholars after a study of Honda Masuko. By extension, she made an attempt to analyse “girl” in the shojo manga.
The “girl” in the comics has been excluded from studies on “girl” by this time although that is very important. Therefore, Nakagawa’s study has a great significance in that it led the “girl” in the comics out into the field of serious “girl” discourse. This book review points out a few of problems of Nakagawa Hiromi’s analysis on “girl” and presents new discourse on “girl.”
KW - girl;girl’s comic;shojo;shojomanga;girl’s magazine;manga;girl’s culture
DO - 10.18856/jpn.2015.21.3.009
ER -
Kim Sowon. (2015). A Question of “Girl” in the Modern Japan - The Transformation of “Girl” Image Seeing through Girl’s Magazine: How the Comics Represented “Girl”. Journal of Popular Narrative, 21(3), 323-345.
Kim Sowon. 2015, "A Question of “Girl” in the Modern Japan - The Transformation of “Girl” Image Seeing through Girl’s Magazine: How the Comics Represented “Girl”", Journal of Popular Narrative, vol.21, no.3 pp.323-345. Available from: doi:10.18856/jpn.2015.21.3.009
Kim Sowon "A Question of “Girl” in the Modern Japan - The Transformation of “Girl” Image Seeing through Girl’s Magazine: How the Comics Represented “Girl”" Journal of Popular Narrative 21.3 pp.323-345 (2015) : 323.
Kim Sowon. A Question of “Girl” in the Modern Japan - The Transformation of “Girl” Image Seeing through Girl’s Magazine: How the Comics Represented “Girl”. 2015; 21(3), 323-345. Available from: doi:10.18856/jpn.2015.21.3.009
Kim Sowon. "A Question of “Girl” in the Modern Japan - The Transformation of “Girl” Image Seeing through Girl’s Magazine: How the Comics Represented “Girl”" Journal of Popular Narrative 21, no.3 (2015) : 323-345.doi: 10.18856/jpn.2015.21.3.009
Kim Sowon. A Question of “Girl” in the Modern Japan - The Transformation of “Girl” Image Seeing through Girl’s Magazine: How the Comics Represented “Girl”. Journal of Popular Narrative, 21(3), 323-345. doi: 10.18856/jpn.2015.21.3.009
Kim Sowon. A Question of “Girl” in the Modern Japan - The Transformation of “Girl” Image Seeing through Girl’s Magazine: How the Comics Represented “Girl”. Journal of Popular Narrative. 2015; 21(3) 323-345. doi: 10.18856/jpn.2015.21.3.009
Kim Sowon. A Question of “Girl” in the Modern Japan - The Transformation of “Girl” Image Seeing through Girl’s Magazine: How the Comics Represented “Girl”. 2015; 21(3), 323-345. Available from: doi:10.18856/jpn.2015.21.3.009
Kim Sowon. "A Question of “Girl” in the Modern Japan - The Transformation of “Girl” Image Seeing through Girl’s Magazine: How the Comics Represented “Girl”" Journal of Popular Narrative 21, no.3 (2015) : 323-345.doi: 10.18856/jpn.2015.21.3.009
